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There were motorail services, called AutoSlaapTrein, which ran in the summer months from 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) in the Netherlands to Koper in Slovenia, to Alessandria and Livorno in Italy, and Frejus and Avignon in the South of France. EETC (Euro-Express trein charter), the owner of the AutoSlaapTrein, suspended their services in April 2015.
Unlike a car shuttle train, an Auto Train or Motorail train is a passenger train on which, except in France, [1] passengers can take their car or automobile along with them. On Motorail trains, passengers are carried in normal passenger cars or in sleeping cars on longer journeys, while the cars or automobiles are loaded separately into ...
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Motorail was the brand name for British Rail's long-distance services that carried passengers and their cars. During its latter years of operation, it was grouped under the wider InterCity sector. During June 1955, the Car-Sleeper Limited service was introduced, Britain's first scheduled long distances car-carrying service, between London and ...
The French word Autorail describes a single powered railcar capable of carrying passengers. While the concept faded for a while, it has been introduced with a new range of vehicles for both standard and metre gauge lines.
The Fréjus Road Tunnel (Italian: Traforo del Fréjus, French: Tunnel du Fréjus) is a tunnel that connects France and Italy. It runs under Col du Fréjus in the Cottian Alps between Modane in France and Bardonecchia in Italy. It is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes between France and Italy being used for 80% of the commercial road ...
A 20/28 hp plate-frame Simplex built in 1941, running at the Moseley Railway Trust Simplex 40 hp armoured 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) gauge, built for the British Army for World War I Two models of Simplex locomotive at Alan Keef's works, 1999 Red Rum at Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway
The Gold Coast Motorail was an Australian passenger train operated by the Public Transport Commission from March 1973 until February 1990. [ 1 ] It operated from Sydney via the North Coast line to Murwillumbah .